How to train an Australian Terrier? Training a dog is like treating a child. You can’t use force, you have to use some methods. Of course, there are some precautions that parents need to pay attention to during the training process.

1. Induction method. Tease the dog with the delicious food he likes to eat, hold the food in your hands based on the dog's standing posture, and constantly give the "sit" command. At the same time, move the hand holding the food from the front of the dog's eyes to the back and upper part of the dog's head. Since the food the dog is looking at is constantly moving toward the back and top of his head, it will become more difficult to look at the food while standing, and it will be easier to see the food in a sitting position. Therefore, this method can induce the dog to sit. When it changes from a standing position to a sitting position under your guidance, give it the food as soon as possible (preferably within one second), and at the same time repeat the "good" reward command to reinforce the action it just made. The items used for induction can also be changed from delicious food to toys that the dog likes. The effect is the same, it just depends on which of the two things your dog is more interested in.

2. Forced law. This method is faster and more effective for many dogs than the previous method. The method is to continuously give the "sit" command, and at the same time, pull the dog's collar with one hand and press the dog's waist with the other hand. The dog will soon sit down under the mechanical stimulation of forward and backward pressure. At this time, the "good" reward command should be given immediately to strengthen it. At the same time, reward food should be given to it. If your dog's skin is not too sensitive and has good tolerance to mechanical stimulation, the forced method of training "sit" may be more effective. Induction and coercion methods can also be used in combination. The method is to induce the dog with food while lifting the dog's collar toward the back and top of its head.

Note:

1. Do not feed the dog before training. It is best to not eat within two hours before training (you should also do the same before training in the future). Of course, training your dog while it is eating will have better results.

2. Before training, the dog should be let loose for a while to eliminate defecation and defecation. To eliminate the dog's "external inhibition" so that the training can be carried out more effectively (the same will be done before each training in the future).

3. In future training, passwords for all subjects can be given according to standard passwords or according to your own passwords. But once the password is set, it cannot be changed at will. The custom password can be one or several words, it can be Chinese or foreign language or a specific sound.

4. The command must be given 1-2 seconds ahead of the induction or stimulation (all future training should be done in this way), because the conditioned stimulus must act earlier than the unconditioned stimulus.Only in this way can the conditioned reflex be formed smoothly and consolidated. Otherwise, the dog will form a conditioned reflex through a "reverse" method, which is very difficult to achieve.

5. The tone used when issuing passwords is a normal tone. The "sit" command must be said more often so that the dog can form a conditioned reflex to the command more quickly.

6. Do not allow the dog to change its sitting posture when rewarding (reinforcing) it. Once it changes its sitting posture to another posture, the reward should be stopped immediately.

7. When the dog forms a conditioned reflex to the command, that is, after it understands that the command means what you want it to do, it should use less food or objects (toys) to do it. induce. Before the dog has consolidated the command well, you can use your bare hands to induce it after giving the command.